Who We Are
Meet the exceptional SoundMind team, a group of passionate and talented individuals dedicated to revolutionizing the education of psychedelic facilitators from all backgrounds and identities.
Hannah McLane, MD, MA, MPH
Founder & Executive Director
Dr. Hannah McLane is a physician, psychoanalyst, and entrepreneur. She is the Founder of SoundMind, a rigorous facilitator training program and research initiative aimed at bringing ethics, equity, and innovation to the psychedelic ecosystem. She grew up in rural New Hampshire and spent several years in South America and East Asia. Dr. McLane conducts research on cognitive diversity, psychedelic science, ethics, PTSD, and emerging alternative therapies for mental health issues. She identifies as neurodiverse, having both dyslexia and ADHD.
Dr. Hannah attended McGill University and holds graduate degrees from Temple University (MA, Communication Sciences, Spanish Language), Brown University (MD, Doctor of Medicine, Contemplative Studies Concentration), and Harvard School of Public Health (MPH, Global health and Bioethics). She attended residencies in neurology and Occupational and Environmental medicine (University of Pennsylvania) and completed a fellowship in Patient Safety at the VA Hospital in Philadelphia. She also completed a 5-year psychoanalytic training program and considers herself a relational psychoanalyst.
Curriculum Design Team
Hannah McLane, MD, MA, MPH
Founder
Executive Director
Diana Badilla
Lead Trainer
Student Affairs
Seth Fowler
Lead Trainer |
Curriculum Design
Operations and Training
Angela Ybarra
Lead Trainer
Oregon Psilocybin Lead
Dino Masic
Training Tech Director
Plant Medicine Curriculum and Ceremonial Team
Yuri McGaha
Plant Medicine Instructor |
Nourishment Instructor
Belinda Eriacho, MPH
Lead Trainer
Curriculum Advisor
Paula Andrea Patiño Arias, MS
Lead Ceremonial Instructor | Retreats Team
Operation, Design, and Technology
Yakub Grant
Jamaica Programming
Design Lead
Pauline Castañeda
Graphic Design and Social Media
Richard Watson
Jamaica and Philadelphia Programming
Featured Training Instructors
Chris Stauffer, MD
Rick Doblin, PhD
Joseph McCowan, PsyD
Hal Roth, PhD
Michael Mithoefer, MD
Pierre Bouchard, MA, LPC
Harvey Schwartz, PhD
Zach Skiles, PsyD
Kwasi Adusei, DNP
Dan Wikler, PhD
Mike Jay
Emma Knighton, MA, LMHC, RYT
Adele LaFrance, PhD
Kevin Barrett, LCSW
Claudia Cuentas, LMFT
SoundMind Center Clinical and Admin Team
Johanna Verley
Sound Healing | Psychedelic Facilitator| Gong Master
Olivia Rivellini
Clinical Operations Assistant
Nicki Cowan LCSW, MPH
Psychedelic Facilitator
Special Programming
Lieutenant Sarko Gergerian
Frontline Workers Peer
Training Lead
Nick Blackston
Peer Support Veteran Project
Brett Waters
Peer Support Veteran Project
Courtney Hutchinson, LSW, MPH
Research Fellow |
Psychedelic Facilitator
Ace Crespo
Peer Support Veteran Project
Francisca Santibanez
Plant Dieta Program Lead Trainer
Advisors and Consultants
Nate Howard
Amanda Feilding
Simeon Schnapper
